Jan. 31: The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing about carbon capture, transportation and sequestration in Room 366, Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 10 a.m. The committee will receive testimony on two bills: S. 2323, which would authorize research on carbon capture and technology, development and demonstration projects; and S. 2144, which would require the Energy Secretary to study construction of carbon dioxide pipelines and sequestration facilities.

Why it matters: Supposedly more important to electric utilities with coal-fired power plants and other industries, carbon capture and sequestration also matters to oil and gas producers who see its potential to stimulate production from underground formations.